Stencil device



Dec. 10, 1 92 9.

E. ROS S STENCIL DEVICE Filed March 1, 1929 flZorneyJ Patented Dec. 10,1929 EDWARD BOSS, 015 SOB/ANTON, PENNSYLVANIA STENCIL Application filedMarch 1,

This invention relates to stencil devices, and more particularly todevices of this kind which are'designed for stencilling records onthebacks of binders or recordbooks.

In-books of-this kind which are used for containing abstracts, waybillsand various other.records,kept, forexample, by railroad and other largecompanies, and where a large number of such books or binders is used,it1O ls desirableto makeonithe backs of these books, indications which canbe readlly recognizedas signifying dates, departments, or the, like.For, example, in books of this kind, acertain colored mark on a certainportion of the ba-ckmay be used to indicate {the year, whileotherstencil, marks in, different relative parts of the back of the bookmay be used to indicate dilferentmo'nths of, the year, during which therecords enclosed in-the book were filed therein.

.The objects of this inventionare to provide a stencilling deviceofthisikind which is so formed as to adapt itself foruse in connectionwith books o-r binders of this kind also to providea deviceof thiskindinwhich the stencilling members are readily adjustable for positioning thesameon different parts of the frame also to improve the construction of:s'tencilling. devices of this kind in other respects hereinafterspecified.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is a front face View of a stencil device embodying thisinvention;

Fig. 2 is a central sectional elevation thereof- ,on line 22, Fig. 1,-

f]3;ig. 3 is a transverse-sectionthereof on line 3 3,Fig. 1.

@The vstencillingdevice includes a frame member which is preferablymadeofsheet metal, but whichmay be made of other thin material.

This frame member in the particular, construction shown is made of asingle sheet of metal havingtheintermediate portion thereof cutoutorremovedto form sides 5 and 6,,a'bottom cross member? and a. topcross member8, the cut out portion forming an openingj9 through whichthe stencilling may be done. In. order to enable the frame to becorrectly positioned with reference to the DEVICE 1929. Serial No. 343,

article which is to be stencilled, for example,

with reference to the back of a book or binder,

the frame is provided engage an edge of the book, for example,

with a part which may back of the binder or the top edge of the binder.

In the particular construction shown for this purpose the upper part ofthe stencil frame is providedwith a rearwardly extending flange 10 whichmay be formed of the metal of the stencilframe rearwardly.

Any other means by bending the part for correctly positioning thestencil frame with reference to the article to be stencilled may beprovided, if desired.

The sides 5 and 6 with means for definitely locating a stencil indifferent positi opening 9 of the stencil frame.

ticular the side with apertures 12 aperture on one of of. the

frame are provided ons with reference to the In the parconstructionshown forthis purpose frame members 5 and 6 are provided arranged sothatfor each theside members 5 and 6 a corresponding aperture ispositioned in the same relation tot-he other side member of the frame.The frame member 15 preferably also provided at itslower end with a slotor opening 14,.the purpose of which will be hereinafter described.

The stencilling-device alsoincludes an adustablestencilling member 15which in the formshown ismadeof a stripofrelatively This stencillin b e0 shown extends CIQSSW1S of the stencil frame member 15 in the form andis provided adjacent to its end with means for securing thestencilmember into any pair of apertures .12. In, the particular constructionshown for this ber 15 has. screw thereto and spaced enter through anystencil member 15 purpose, the stencil memthreaded studs 18 securedapart so that the studs may pair ofv apertures 12. The may then besecured in such position by means of clamping. nuts 19.

In the use of the device described, the stencil frame mayreadilybepositioned on the back of a book or wardly projecting upper, edge ofthe in the frame will binder by. placing the rearpositioning edge 10 onthe back so that the opening 9 coincide with a portion of ofthe book orbinder. The color used through the opening 14 indicates at a glance theyear to which the book belongs and the location of the other stencilledmarks made through he member 15 indicates by its relative locati onbetween the top edge of the book or binder back and the stencil madethrough the aperture 14, the month of the year to which the bookbelongs.

The device, of course, may be used in different ways. For example, theopenings 14 and 16 may be employed not only for stencilling but formaking certain notations, lettering or the like through these openingsin which case the openings serve as guides for directly locating theidentification characters so made.

' The device may also be used by first stencilling through theopenings'14 or 16 or both, to form a colored background, and suitableidentification characters may then be marked on this background throughthe openings 14 and 16. It will be understood that the openings 14 and16 may be of different shapes than those shown and may be shaped to formidentification characters of other than rectangular shapes shown. Itwill be understood, however, that the term stencil as used .in thedescription and claims applies to a device having openings thereinregardless of whether the openings 14 and 16 are used as stencilling oras guides for making identification characters therethrough.

It will also be understood that a number of different stencil members 15may be used in connection with the frame, which stencil members may havedifferentstencil openings or apertures therein.

Claims 1. An adjustable stencil device comprising a frame having anopening in the intermediate portion through which identificationcharacters maybe made, a stencil member adapted to be removably securedon difierent portions of the sides of said frame to position the sameacross difierent portions of said opening, and a positioning partextending rearwardly from said frame to hold said frame in definiterelation to the article to be stencilled.

2. An adjustable stencil device comprising aframe having an opening inthe intermediate portion thereof through which identification charactersmay be made, a

' stencil member adapted to be removably secured on different portionsof the sides of said frame to position the same across differentportions of said opening, and means for securing said member on saidframe in different positions.

3. An adjustable stencil devicecomprising a frame having an opening inthe intermediate portion through which identification characters may bemade, a stencil member adapted to be removably secured on differentportions of the sides of said frame to position the same acrossdifferent portions of said opening, meansfor securing said member onsaid frame in different positions, said means including studs on saidstencil member adapted to extend through apertures in said frame, andmeans engaging said studs to clamp said member on said frame. I

4. A stencil device including a frame part having a single large openingin the middle portion thereof, a stencil member extending across saidopening, and cooperating parts on said frame part and said stencilmember for securing said stencil member in a plurality of predeterminedpositions relatively to said opening in the frame part.

5. A stencil device including a frame part having a large opening and asmall opening through which identificationcharacters can be made, astencil member extending across said large opening, means on said framepart and said stencil member for securing said stencil member to saidframe part in different positions relatively to said opening, saidstencil member having apertures through which identification characterscan be made through said large opening.

6. An adjustable stencil device for indicating dates on articlesincluding a frame part having an enlarged opening in the middle portionthereof, a stencil member formed to extend across said opening andhaving an aperture through whichidentification char acters can be madeon an article through said large opening of said frame to indicatelesser periods of time, means on said frame and said stencil member forsecuring said stencil member in difiierent positions relatively to saidframe for indicating said lesser periods by the location of saidindications relatively to said large opening, a small opening in saidframe part through which an identification character corresponding to alonger .period of time may be made, and means extend.- ing rearwar-dlyfrom said frame part to engage an article to be stencilled for locatingsaid frame part in definite relation to an article.

7. An adjustable stencil device including a' frame part having themiddleportion thereof forming an opening through which identificationcharacters may be made, a small opening below said first mentionedopening, a stencil member adapted to extend crosswise of said frame partacross said first men-

